Show honor and fame to brave mad anthony A very tipsy continental tin soldier ran afoul of that rigor algor ous oua disciplinarian brig gen anthony ant bony wayne one night ho he gave the man a 0 verbal dressing dross in ft down it to la related the d discussion I 1 s c u a a I 1 0 n aroused adval admiration ration in all present general wayno being able with his bis language and be then threw the fellow into the guardhouse my the generals mad at me the intoxicated patriot commented even proudly jus ole mad anthony what he Is ia mad anthony gaynel that it Is reported Is the origin of the latek nickname naine given one of the greatest tigh fighters of the american revolution though it Is more likely that this able and beloved leader of meri men who forged the scotch irish and Pennsyl pennsylvania vanla dutch farmers of the pennsylvania line kotc the toughest fighting outfit of the war earned his designation by his reckless dashing eager courage if he go through wayne would go around but he preferred to go through lie ile was tho the stonewell jackson of tho the Il revolution evolution stony point monmouth brandywine G germantown erma nt own at stores ores of great and lesser fields of the llie revolution saw wayne waynes s valor and his military ability he loved to light fight and he could tight fight with serene contempt of danger and death he be went into many a battle certain that he have a chance to corn come back alive but bul that only made him apparently hurry on when a bullet hit him in the head during the gallant onslaught at stony point he waa ram sure he was going to dle die and insisted on nn being curried up through the battle so eo he be could breathe his last within the captured fort ne he lived and this capture which or that time saved the revolutionary cause was hailed as one of aba military exploits of the war after the war when british agents stirred up indian warfare in ID the north west territory generals harmar and st clair suffered notable defeats from ho warriors president wash washington ington troubled by his fears that wayne was waa brave and nothing else nevertheless sent him on to handle the situation n feather in waynes cap because he and st clair had long been bitter enemies waynes army was pretty much riffraff and he be spent months drilling drilling drilling turning his men into soldiers who decisively smashed the indian power at fallen timbers the indians indiana called him black snake because lie he worked so fast general wayne vayne returned to his command to receive from british garrisons the northern forts they held so long after the revolution moving eastward again lie was stricken with gout complicated by an old wound in his bis leg not quite fifty two years old ho he died december 14 1700 at presque late isle erie pa philadelphia ledger |